Nigeria Men’s 4x400m relay team have qualified for Paris 2024 Olympic after placing second in Heat 2 at the world athletics relays in Bahamas on Saturday.
Competing in heat 2, the quartet of Chidi Okezie, Dubem Nwachukwu, Dubem Amene and Sikiru Adeyemi finished second in a time of 3:01.70.
The result means the team picked one of the two automatic spot for the Olympics.
Belgium won the race in a time of 3:00.09 while Jamaica had a time of 3:02.46 to place third.
Also, Nigeria’s mixed relay team clinched automatic qualification for the games after finishing second in Heat 2 of their event.
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The quartet of Samuel Ogazi, Ella Onojuwevwo, Chidi Okezie and Esther Elo Joseph finished the race in a time of 3:13.79.
The United States won the race in a time
of 3:11.52.
Meanwhile, Justina Eyakpobeyan, Favour Ofili, Olayinka Olajide, and Tima Godbless missed out on securing automatic qualification as they placed third in Heat 1 of women’s 4x100m relays.
They will compete in the repechage round today (Sunday) for another chance to qualify for Olympics.
In the men’s 4x100m the Nigerian team clocked a time of 38.47s to finish fourth in Heat 2.
France, Great Britain and Trinidad & Tobago placed first, second and third respectively.
